Ask Astrid: How to Navigate Your Holiday Event Calendar

Ask Astrid is a monthly advice column focusing on the modern rules of engagement and aims to help individuals navigate social scenarios with respect and consideration. It’s that time of year again. Holiday party season is in full swing. Love it or loathe it, ‘tis the season of long to-do lists and an overflowing social […]

Introducing the Barrel Hunter Club: Where Luxury Meets Discovery

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This holiday season, why not gift the extraordinary to yourself, or the person who has everything on your list with a membership to the exclusive Barrel Hunter Club.  Designed for those who appreciate exquisite wine, spirits, and culinary adventures, Barrel Hunter Club is a Canadian community for modern epicureans.   Catering to a sophisticated clientele, the […]

Ask Astrid: What You Should Know About Dinner Party Etiquette

Ask Astrid is a monthly advice column focusing on the modern rules of engagement and aims to help individuals navigate social scenarios with respect and consideration. ‘Etiquette’ is a loaded word. Does it really matter? Do you really need to care? What really is it, anyway? We are long past the Bridgerton era and the stuffy and archaic ways of thinking […]